A
former Chapmanville insurance agent who assisted an arsonist in obtaining a
fraudulent insurance policy has entered in a guilty plea.
According
to a release from U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin’s Office, William Jamey Thompson,
44, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and
aiding and abetting arson.
In
November 2011, James Gregory Glick, 44, of Logan ,
arranged to have an office building located at 111 Stratton Street in Logan
According
to the release, Glick in early January 2012 purchased the
building for $50,000. Then on the night of February 1, 2012, he
had Guy Miller, 39, of Logan , along with
Shawn C. Simon, 41, of Charleston and Michael
Williams, 44, of Logan
The
release states that Glick then paid Thompson approximately $50,000 to
obtain a fraudulently-inflated $1 million insurance policy from General Star
Indemnity Company.
Thompson faces up to faces a
minimum of seven years in prison when sentenced on March 24, 2014.
